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all-encompassing

al·len·com·passing

uncommon

adjective

1.

broad in scope or content

  • “across-the-board pay increases”
  • “an all-embracing definition”
  • “blanket sanctions against human-rights violators”
  • “an invention with broad applications”
  • “a panoptic study of Soviet nationality” T.G.Winner
  • “granted him wide powers”

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